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单词 Hansen's disease
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Hansen's disease

/ˈhans(ə)nz /
noun
Another term for leprosy.He discovered the leprosy bacillus in 1873, a cousin of the tuberculosis bacillus, and the disease is often called Hansen's disease....
  • Known for its disfiguring skin lesions and potentially debilitating nerve damage, leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is a very difficult disease to transmit.
  • They prefer their disease to be called Hansen's disease not leprosy, and the disease can be easily cured.

Origin

1930s: named after Gerhard H. A. Hansen (1841–1912), the Norwegian physician who discovered the causative agent of the disease.

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